Devon Maloney
Software Engineer at Apple
Summary
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RockstarDevon Maloney is a security-focused software engineer with a decade of experience building secure systems and researching vulnerabilities, currently working in Security Engineering and Architecture at Apple. He blends embedded systems development—particularly Swift on resource-constrained platforms—with hands-on vulnerability research and architecture-level thinking. An alumnus of RPISEC and former contributor to ReSwitched, he brings deep practical knowledge of console firmware ecosystems, evidenced by significant front-end and tooling contributions to the widely used 3DS custom firmware Guide. Devon ships full-stack improvements that prioritize usability and maintainability, from UI refactors and RSS/torrent tooling to swapping ad services and tightening integrations. Comfortable operating between low-level exploitation research and production security controls, he has a knack for making complex embedded workflows approachable and operational.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (6)
javascript10
front-end-development9
html9
css9
rss8
jekyll8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
hacks-guide/Guide_3DS
Mar 2016 - Apr 2020
A complete guide to 3DS custom firmware, from stock to boot9strap.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2031 commits, 803 PRs, 114106 pushes in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Devon made various updates, including major rewrites and code refactoring, in the JavaScript files, indicating front-end development focused on user interface improvements. They switched the ad service, updated the IRC link, and performed general maintenance with formatting changes across multiple HTML and CSS files and layouts to enhance the user experience and improve the guide's aesthetics and functionality. Furthermore, they updated RSS feed generation, refactoring the code and adjusting the torrent files.
firmwarehomebrewnintendo-3ds
hacks-guide/Guide_WiiU-OLD
Mar 2017 - May 2020
(OUTDATED) A complete guide to Wii U custom firmware, from stock to Coldboot Haxchi.
Contributions:653 commits, 239 PRs, 14797 pushes in 3 years 2 months
firmwarewiiuhomebrewnintendo-wii-u
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